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Social Security Column…Shop Social Security Online This Holiday Season

Issue 50.10

Social Security provides fast, convenient, and secure online services to the public.  In fact, surveys show that Social Security does it so well that our online services take the top ratings in customer satisfaction surveys.  So this holiday season, “shop” online when it comes to your Social Security needs.

Here are just a few of Social Security’s services you can take advantage of from the convenience of your home or office computer:

·                     apply for retirement, disability, or Medicare benefits;

·                     find out what benefits you might be eligible to receive;

·                     apply for Extra Help with your Medicare prescription drug costs;

·                     estimate your future benefits;

·                     appeal an unfavorable decision;

·                     change your address; and

·                     report employee wages.

For a complete list of our online services, visit www.socialsecurity.gov/onlineservices. You also can find forms, publications, answers to frequently asked questions, Social Security news, and much more at www.socialsecurity.gov.

We’re confident you’ll be satisfied with the service you get. Social Security online services rival commercial sites. In the American Customer Satisfaction Index, we beat out the top sites in the public and private sector. Three of our services took the top three ratings in government and beat out the top commercial sites.

You do your holiday shopping online, so shop www.socialsecurity.gov for your Social Security needs. It’s fast, convenient, and secure.

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